Friday, Nov. 5

The Car of the Future

10:00-10:30

Colonnade Club

Welcome Address and Opening of On-Site Exhibitions

10:45-12:00

Harrison Institute,

Auditorium

Keynote Presentation: Reinventing the Automobile

Christopher Borroni-Bird (Director of Advanced Technology Vehicle Concepts at GM)

Respondent:

12:15-1:30

Harrison Institute,

Auditorium

Roundtable: The Technology of the Future: Hydro, Solar or Electric?

Moderator and Panelists:

Michelle Buchanan (Associate Laboratory Director, Oakridge National Laboratory)

Bob Davis (Chemical Engineering, UVa)

Brent Gunnoe (Director Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalization, UVa)

6:30-9:00

Garden Room,

West Range

Conference Dinner (by invitation)

Dinner Talk: Wolfgang Schivelbusch (Cultural Historian)

Saturday, Nov. 6

The Future of the Car

11:15-12:45

Clark Auditorium 108

Keynote and Roundtable: What Society?

Jeremy Rifkin (President of the Foundation On Economic Trends)

Moderator and Respondents:

Mike Lenox (Director Batten Institute, Darden School of Business, UVa)

Kim Tanzer (Dean, School of Architecture, UVa)

3:30-5:30

Clark Auditorium 108

Double Keynote Presentation: The Car of the Future / Future of the Car

Daniel Sperling (Founding Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis) Deborah Gordon (Transportation Policy Analyst)

Free copies of their co-authored book, Two Billion Cars, will be distributed after the talk.

Announcement of Student Prize Competition

5:30-7:00

Clark Lobby and Mural Room

Reception /Hors d’Oeuvres

Free and open to the public

7:30-9:00

Clark Auditorium 108

Film Screening: The Nature of Cities, documentary by Tim Beatley (School of Architecture, UVa), followed by conversation with Tim Beatley and Wulf Daseking (Director of City Planning in Freiburg, Germany)